Astronomy

The universe is fucking awesome. You should peer into it. You can see some amazing shit from your own yard throughout the year.

Equipment

Equipment ramps up in price as you get more serious. You can start with nothing.

Your Eyes

You can learn alot about the night sky with little more than a tilt of your head. The first step is to grab yourself a starmap/software that will show you the constellations. From here you can learn the significant stars in the sky and learn the constellations, which besides being impressive to the LAYDEEZ, will also set you up for using equipment. At the very least, consider learning constellations like learning the map of Grand Theft Auto. Learn this, and you will be able to know which points of light are random stars and which points of light are significant stars, and which points of light are planets.

Astronomy Software

• SkyMap for Android.
• Stellarium for Windows/Linux/Mac

Binoculars

Binoculars come in many different shapes and sizes and are meant for many different purposes. Binoculars cover everything from Opera Glasses to birdwatching to astronomy. At best with binoculars you'll be able to see some details on the moon (but nothing amazing), no craters. Perhaps some different shades of colour. You'll also see a heck of a lot more stars in the night sky. Planets will just look like larger blobs of blurry white light,

If you're very cautious about buying a telescope, consider buying binoculars. 7x50s or 10x50s will do you just fine. Note that the larger the binoculars are the harder they are to keep steady in your hands while observing. If you doubt this, hold a 4lb weight above your head and keep it perfectly still (you won't be able to).